Accident · 1992-01-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 1992-01-18
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- DOUGLAS DC-9-30 (N964VJ)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- USAIR Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- USAIR
Probable cause
THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A SUDDEN WIND GUST DURING LANDING FLARE, WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING.
Source: NTSB case BFO92FA020Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.